Zoom G5n

Zoom G5n

Consider this the 78 boutique pedals you don't have.

The G5n comes loaded with 68 beautifully-crafted and newly assembled DSP effects, plus 10 of the most faithful and realistic amp/cabinet emulators we've ever created.

A wide array of effects
The G5n comes equipped with freshly-developed takes on not only the most-essential guitar sounds like overdrive, distortion, compression, EQ, delay, reverb, flanging, phasing, vibrato, and chorusing, but also unique multi-effects such as Seq Filter, Gold Drive, Reverse Delay, HD Hall, and OSC Echo.

Ultra-realistic amp/cabinet emulation
You can connect the G5n directly to a PA system or audio interface, using the 10 brand new onboard amp and cabinet emulators. Choose from 5 classic amp models like the Marshall JCM800, Fender Twin Reverb, MESA Boogie Mk3, Bogner Ecstasy Blue Channel and British 30W Class A Combo, newly and faithfully created to be adjusted exactly as you would with the knobs and switches of the real thing.

Pair your amp with one of the 5 newly-created cabinet
emulators to complete the sound, choosing from
Marshall 1960 A-type cabinet (4x12” Celestion
speakers), Fender ’65 Twin Reverb (2x12” Jensen
speakers), the UK2x12 that recreates the sound of
early British combo amps (2x12” Celestion speakers),
Mesa Boogie Mark III cab (1x12” Celestion Black
Shadow speaker), or Bogner Ecstasy cabinet (4x12”
Celestion speakers).

100 custom-crafted combinations and counting

To explore the wealth of possibilities that the G5n offers, we continuously collaborate with inspirational, professional guitarists known for their taste and love of great guitar sounds. The G5n comes stocked with 100 newly custom-designed patches that both recreate decades of essential guitar tones—like the iconic sounds of Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, Michael Schenker, and Brian May—and pioneer new territory with combinations exclusively created for G5n guitarists.

Stand out with "Lead BGN," a modern lead sound folded into a modulated delay, or "Phazed," an intense tube amp sound through a phaser. The "UFO" patch harnesses parametric EQ in the style of the lead guitarist of the band of the same name, and then there's "DreamWorld," an overdriven crunch enhanced with tape echo and hall reverb.

With our free ZOOM Guitar Lab software, you can look for new effects and amp/cabinet emulators, as well as even more exclusive patches from our diverse and growing list of G5n creators, people like:

Kyle Bolden (Stevie Wonder)
Errol Cooney (Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder)
Andrew Elstner (Torche, Riddle of Steel)
Allen Epley (The Life and Times, Shiner)
Wes Geer (Korn, hed PE)
Adam Hawley (Joss Stone)
Chuck Loeb (Fourplay)
Richard Patrick (Filter, Army of Anyone)
Jeff Schroeder (Smashing Pumpkins)
Dan Spack (Volcano Choir, Group of the Altos, Collections of Colonies of Bees)
Eric Struthers (Aaron Neville)
Vinnie Valentino (Steve Smith & Vital Information)
Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think, Baby)

Easy editing
Editing is simple and intuitive thanks to a unique, large overview display that allows you to quickly add, delete, or change the order of effects—something not easily accomplished with the average pedalboard. There are also four independent editing displays for zeroing in on the perfect sound, each bank providing the responsiveness and hands-on feel of a stompbox. Store up to 200 of your custom effects-chains as patches in memory, each instantly accessible at the touch of a footswitch.

Powerful pedals
The G5n's expression pedal gives you smooth real-time control over volume, tone, or selected effects parameters, with four stompbox-style footswitches to kick effects in and out on the fly. When you're ready to take a solo, get the bump you need with the G5n's output booster. And to synchronize rhythm patterns and delay times to the beat, just hit the G5n's dedicated Tap tempo footswitch to bring your sound in line.

Complex tonalities
It would take an arsenal of stompboxes, amplifiers, and speakers to duplicate everything you can do with a single G5n. Use up to nine effects and amp/cabinet models simultaneously, chained together in any order you like. It's like having hundreds of fully loaded pedalboards in one compact, easy to use device.
Practice up, play out

68 built-in rhythm patterns make the G5n the perfect practice
rig and enable "one-man band" performances. An onboard
Looper (which can be used with the rhythm patterns) allows
you to record and overdub phrases up to 80 seconds long
through the effects of your choice. Plus there's a built-in
chromatic tuner, always accessible at the touch of a footswitch—
you can bypass the currently selected patch while tuning, or
mute the signal altogether.

The ins and outs

The G5n can be easily integrated into any live performance or studio rig. In addition to a standard guitar input, there's an auxiliary stereo input for the connection of smartphones or music players, plus a dedicated headphone jack for silent practice and dual outputs for mono or stereo L/R connection to guitar amps, PA systems, and audio interfaces.

Features At A Glance


68 onboard high-quality digital effects, including distortion, overdrive,
EQ, compression, delay, reverb, flanging, phasing, and chorusing
5 new amp emulators plus 5 cabinet emulators
100 custom-designed factory patches
Free ZOOM Guitar Lab Mac/Windows software allows downloading
of additional effects and patches
Use up to 9 effects simultaneously, chained together in any order
4 stompbox switches allow effects to instantly be brought in and out
Built-in expression pedal for real-time control over volume, tone, or
selected effect parameters
High output booster circuit for added volume and overdrive
Intuitive user interface
200 memory locations for storage of factory and/or user-created patches
4 independent editing displays, plus large overview display
Auto Save function for automatic saving of all patch parameters
Onboard chromatic tuner with dedicated footswitch supports all standard
guitar tunings, including open and drop tunings
Tuner range of 435 - 445 Hz
Stereo/mono Looper allows recording of up to 80 seconds of phrase recording
68 built-in rhythm patterns that can be used in conjunction with the Looper
Tap Tempo with dedicated footswitch
Input jack accepts standard guitar cable
Auxiliary stereo input jack for connection of smartphones and music players
Dual output jacks for connection to guitar amps and mono or stereo PA systems
Dedicated stereo headphone output
Control input for external footpedal
USB port for firmware updating and patch/effects downloading
Use as a USB audio interface for Mac/Windows computers, with direct
zero-latency monitoring of input signal
Included AC adapter